Posted on 04/14/2007 5:45:10 AM PDT by Leisler
That UK Channel 4 documentary, I think, shows the correlation of the rise in radical environmentalism with the fall of the Berlin Wall and collapse of communism. All the crazies who hate the US/West and were sympathetic to the Commies joined the next "movement" and it just reinforces itself. Also take a look at the bio of a guy by the name of Maurice Strong (check wikipedia) -- he's really the guy behind all this, having worked the NGOs and the UN and the World Bank, etc. etc. to make a fortune off of these "movements" -- and he now has a leadership role (maybe CEO) of one of these carbon-offset companies that will benefit from all the eco guilt the stupid lefties in the US are displaying. It really is quite scary.
Michael Creighton also points out this correlation (fall of communism and the rise of extremist environmentalism) in his latest novel.
As for the Nazi's, a lot of crazies embraced that philosophy as well -- rationalizing that Hitler pulled Germany out of the depression faster than most countries... just another example of lefties seeking simple solutions through government power when the reality shows centralized government actions always fail in comparison with the free market.
Don’t forget Margaret Sanger...anti-Semitic...anti-black eugenic pusher who started PLANNED PARENTHOOD!!!
Do you Google FR to find all this good old stuff???
Don Imus has taken a lot of grief for his inappropriate remarks, but the media have yet to hold environmentalists like these individuals accountable for their pattern of vicious and bigoted comments.
One of her most famous quotes is:
“We should hire three or four colored ministers, preferably with social-service backgrounds, and with engaging personalities. The most successful educational approach to the Negro is through a religious appeal. We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members.” Margaret Sanger’s December 19, 1939 letter to Dr. Clarence Gamble, 255 Adams Street, Milton, Massachusetts
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